Cast iron skillets

[Steve]

Maybe I'll send over to Miss Jayne for greasing.

I see she is making cake.....might be worth the trip for a slice.

I got several skillets, a corn bread mold and a dutch oven when I bought the stuff. I gotta make it work, it's a challenge now.

...what kind of cake MJ?

 

[krcote]

I am in the same boat. My dad's pan is slick as ice and he swears by olive oil but I'm not having any luck. Seems like they need a real long break in period

 

[MissPrissy]

Build a fire outside. Grease up the pans. Put them in the fire and let them burn. When they cool, clean them up - no soap. Oil them.

Tah Dah!

All of mine are non-stick. I use them every day.

 

[AllChookUp]

Re-grease when hot from washing, not hot from the stive.

Those things are pretty much indestructible. and I much prefer to cook using those than teflon pans.

 

[miss_jayne]

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it was another Duke's Mayonnaise Chocolate cake. made it last night.
totally worth the trip.

you'll get the cast iron stuff down. it's cake-work....

all of the pointers here are great.

 

[ams3651]

grease it good with crisco or lard, put in a preheated 200* oven for about an hour. You might have to do it a couple times. Always rinse and wipe, try not to use soap and rub a little oil on it before you put it away after you use it. My gram has been using the same pans for 40 years and this is how she does it. Fry some bacon it in once and a while too. Let the grease cool and wipe it out.

 

[rooster0209]

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Cast iron skillets are great! It does take time. I wash mine is soapy water. You can scrub the heck out of them

Here is the key:
Always dry by putting back onto a hot burner and wait till the last of the water disappears. Then pour about a qtr sized drop of veg oil in the skillet and rub well into sides and bottom while still hot with a paper towel.

 

[Fudgie]

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DITTO! except Mom always scrubs hers out with a scratch pad and a little soap and water and then dries it on the stove and pours a drip of used bacon grease in it and slathers it around to seal it again, then set aside for next use. NEVER NEVER EVER leave in a sink of water. You have to do the process all over again!

 

[Steve]

Build a fire sounds like a heck of a good idea today....-10 outside.

I have used the pre-heated oven seasoning thing several times....

I understand the theory, I think. Get the pan hot to open up the pores, fill em with oil/grease and when the pan cools the pores close up smaller.

Moms pans were from her mom. My mom is 82 so those pans have had a lot of years on em.

 

[sara]

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I started doing that, and enjoy them now even more than i did before.